The Quest debuted last night with its introduction of a fictional story and a real-life competition. While the production values were incredibly strong, the episode had a lot of hurdles to overcome, such as introducing the cast of fictional people and contestants, never mind explaining just exactly what the game is. ABC should be thrilled: its strategy …
At long last, a show has succeeded in finding the right balance in combining fiction and reality TV.
Fifteen years ago, just before Survivor forever changed reality television, The Blair Witch Project blurred reality and fiction and spawned a new trend in horror films. It wasn’t just that the film presented itself as found footage, but there was an entire mythology presented in a documentary and online materials that suggested the events of the series were real and part …